Monday, March 2, 2015

MEETING OF IESM OFFICE BEARERS WITH DEFENCE MINISTER- OROP






OUR DEFENCE MINISTER MR.MANOHAR PARRIKAR.



 A Delegation of IESM led by our Chairman Gen.Satbir Singh met  Defence Minister Mr. Manohar Parrikar on 2-3-2015    and expressed the aunguishment /dissatisfaction of Ex-servicemen community regarding  Non-Mention of OROP in the on 28-2-2015  in the Budget..

Defence Minister , after hearing the grievances patiently , asked the Delegation to be  comfortable in the meeting.  He informed that  an amount of Rs.8300 Crores has been allotted for OROP and it is included in the Defecne Budget and waiting for the Modality to be released .
DM has requested the ESM community to wait for   few more days to hear a Happy and favourable  News in this regard.

Gen.Satbir Singh thanked our Defence minister and told him that this is the first time the Demands of Ex-Servicemen are being given proper consideration and attention.

Gen.Satbir Singh   also put forward 2  more  points in the meeting for consideration.
1.      Family pension not enhanced in the last revision.
2.      . Pre-1996  Majors, having Qualifying service of 21 yrs  not paid the pension of Lt.Col
And those who are short of few months for 21 yrs also may be considered.
3.      Defence Minister has agreed to consider both the cases favourably.

Dear Veteran Brothers, this is the latest  News and please be patient  and hope that we have the Present Defence Minister  with us and for our cause.


SOI: The voice of Pensioners.

1 comment:

  1. Sir For OROP we all are waiting, waiting and waiting since last 40 years. This has increased the burden in our mind.We pray to GOD to bless them for an early announcement of OROP implementation. Thanks for this good news. Jai Hind

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